The Snapphane Movement was a pro-Danish guerrilla organization that fought against the Swedes in the Scanian War of the 17th century. The name Snapphane, which was used as a pejorative term by the Swedes to describe the pro-Danish rebels, was originally a word for gangs of bandits that lived in the woods. When Scanian peasants started to organize into battle groups that fought the Swedes with guerrilla methods, they were called Snapphane too.

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  • The Snapphane Movement was a pro-Danish guerrilla organization that fought against the Swedes in the Scanian War of the 17th century. The name Snapphane, which was used as a pejorative term by the Swedes to describe the pro-Danish rebels, was originally a word for gangs of bandits that lived in the woods. When Scanian peasants started to organize into battle groups that fought the Swedes with guerrilla methods, they were called Snapphane too. The Swedes fought the Snapphane brutally, and if a Snapphane was captured, he was usually executed and the corpse was impaled and shown where the locals could see it and be intimidated to obedience. Another common method was to crush the prisoners limbs under a rolling wagon called "rådbråkning". Some claim the name Snapphane came from the mechanism of their flintlock rifles. A still current folk tale refers to some "Snapphanar" having robbed fifty carriages, which contained a lot of copper and money of the Swedish Crown. The loot was hidden and never recovered by the authorities, and modern treasure hunters are still on the lookout for it. Despite (or due to) their anti-government activity, the Snapphane made an impact on Swedish popular culture. In modern times, the Swedish Navy patrol boat P161 is named HSwMS Snapphanen. It is part of a class of vessels several of which are named after paramilitary professions, like Kaparen, Spejaren, etc.
  • Snapphanar ist die pejorative Bezeichnung für die einheimischen Freischärler, die im 17. Jahrhundert in Schonen, Blekinge und Halland gegen die schwedischen Truppen kämpften.
  • Snapphane-sissit eli siepposissit olivat skånelaisia talonpoikaississejä, jotka taistelivat Ruotsin armeijaa vastaan sen valloitettua Skånen, Blekingen ja Hallandin maakunnat Tanskalta vuonna 1658. Snapphane-sissitoiminta alkoi uudestaan vuosien 1674 - 1679 sodan yhteydessä. Erityisesti Pohjois-Skånessa sijaitseva Göingen alue oli sissiliikkeen kannatusaluetta. Ruotsi käynnisti Skånessa voimakkaan ja tuloksellisen ruotsalaistamiskampanjan. Myöhemmissä 1700- ja 1800-luvun sodissa tanskalaismielistä sissiliikettä ei enää syntynyt. Snapphaneista on 1800- ja 1900-luvuilla kirjoitettu monia romanttisia kertomuksia. Tunnetuin snapphane-aihetta suosinut kirjailija lienee Sven Edvin Salje.
  • Snapphane var en betegnelse for geriljasoldater og partisaner på 1600-tallet i Norden. Denne perioden var kjennetegnet av brutale sammenstøt mellom sivilbefolkning og militære styrker der samfunnets verste elementer fikk slippe til. Betegnelsen kom av det tyske ordet «schnappen» som betyr oppsnappe(-fange), røve, og ble brukt på overfallsmenn og røverfolk. Mange ganger ble uttrykket brukt av militære på milits og friskyttere underlagt militær kommando på slutten av 1600-tallet.
  • Snapphanar var det skällsord den svenska staten på 1600-talet använde om stråtrövare, bönder och styrkor som stödde eller deltog på den danska sidan i de dansk-svenska krigen under perioden, framför allt under skånska kriget 1675-1679 i de tidigare dansk-norska landskapen och främst Skåneland, men även i till exempel Jämtland. Termen användes även av Kristian IV som den 20 augusti 1645 påbjöd undersåtarna i Danmark att "fred slutits med drottningen av Sverige och att snapphanar, fribrytare, dragoner mfl skall avhålla sig från all fientlighet mot de svenske".
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  • The Snapphane Movement was a pro-Danish guerrilla organization that fought against the Swedes in the Scanian War of the 17th century. The name Snapphane, which was used as a pejorative term by the Swedes to describe the pro-Danish rebels, was originally a word for gangs of bandits that lived in the woods. When Scanian peasants started to organize into battle groups that fought the Swedes with guerrilla methods, they were called Snapphane too.
  • Snapphanar ist die pejorative Bezeichnung für die einheimischen Freischärler, die im 17. Jahrhundert in Schonen, Blekinge und Halland gegen die schwedischen Truppen kämpften.
  • Snapphane-sissit eli siepposissit olivat skånelaisia talonpoikaississejä, jotka taistelivat Ruotsin armeijaa vastaan sen valloitettua Skånen, Blekingen ja Hallandin maakunnat Tanskalta vuonna 1658. Snapphane-sissitoiminta alkoi uudestaan vuosien 1674 - 1679 sodan yhteydessä. Erityisesti Pohjois-Skånessa sijaitseva Göingen alue oli sissiliikkeen kannatusaluetta. Ruotsi käynnisti Skånessa voimakkaan ja tuloksellisen ruotsalaistamiskampanjan.
  • Snapphane var en betegnelse for geriljasoldater og partisaner på 1600-tallet i Norden. Denne perioden var kjennetegnet av brutale sammenstøt mellom sivilbefolkning og militære styrker der samfunnets verste elementer fikk slippe til. Betegnelsen kom av det tyske ordet «schnappen» som betyr oppsnappe(-fange), røve, og ble brukt på overfallsmenn og røverfolk. Mange ganger ble uttrykket brukt av militære på milits og friskyttere underlagt militær kommando på slutten av 1600-tallet.
  • Snapphanar var det skällsord den svenska staten på 1600-talet använde om stråtrövare, bönder och styrkor som stödde eller deltog på den danska sidan i de dansk-svenska krigen under perioden, framför allt under skånska kriget 1675-1679 i de tidigare dansk-norska landskapen och främst Skåneland, men även i till exempel Jämtland.
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